Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

cultural archive managertoart handler

A cultural archive manager already meets 48% of what the art handler role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cultural archive manager
48%
Overlap1
To art handler
8 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
43.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.8/ 100

1 Share of the art handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cultural archive manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A art handler role treats 3 of its required skills as things a cultural archive manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess museum object condition
  • handle artworks
  • supervise artefact movement

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cultural archive manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held supervise artefact movement handling and moving
  • already held assess museum object condition information skills
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions management skills
  • already held handle artworks handling and moving
  • already held art collections arts and humanities
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the art handler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held advise on art handling required
  • required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held deliver correspondence required
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
04 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held fine arts optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held compose condition reports optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a art handler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held supervise artefact movement skill
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held present exhibition skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held compose condition reports optional
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
  • optional, not held fine arts optional
26 held skills the art handler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collection management software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compile detailed collection inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with challenging demands skill
  • not needed by the target role create collection conservation plan skill
  • not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
  • not needed by the target role establish high standards of collections care skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate art quality skill
  • not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement risk management for works of art skill
  • not needed by the target role manage archive skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor artistic activities skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor museum environment skill
  • not needed by the target role museum databases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide project information on exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role study a collection skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise work skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held fine arts optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.